American Geophysical Union Announces 2015 Fellows

28 July 2015

WASHINGTON, DC—The American Geophysical Union (AGU) today announced its 2015 class of Fellows. This honor is given to individual AGU members who have made exceptional scientific contributions and attained acknowledged eminence in the fields of Earth and space sciences. Since the establishment of the AGU Fellows program in 1962, and in accordance with AGU bylaws, no more than 0.1 percent of the total membership of AGU is recognized annually.

The following 60 individuals have been elected as 2015 Fellows. They will be recognized during a ceremony on Wednesday, 16 December, held during the 2015 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco:

IllinoisJames Best, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana
Tami C. Bond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana
Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana
Yanbin Wang, University of Chicago, Argonne

Maryland

Lorraine A. Remer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore

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